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The Enigma of Rules
- 1.0346704 - FLÚ 2011 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Peregrin, Jaroslav
The Enigma of Rules.
International Journal of Philosophical Studies. Roč. 18, č. 3 (2010), s. 377-394. ISSN 0967-2559
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA401/07/0904
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z90090514
Keywords : rules * normativity * evolution * language
Subject RIV: AA - Philosophy ; Religion
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In a remarkable early paper, Wilfrid Sellars warned us that if we cease to recognize rules, we may well find ourselves walking on four feet; and it is obvious that within human communities, the phenomenon of rules is ubiquitous. Yet from the viewpoint of the sciences, rules cannot be easily accounted for. Sellars himself, during his later years, managed to put a lot of flesh on the normative bones from which he assembled the remarkable skeleton of the early paper; and his followers too. However, what they say is somewhat divergent; and therefore the author's aim in this paper is to concentrate on the very concept of rule and analyse it in the context of the question what it is about us humans that makes us special.
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